Wringer-support for washing-machines.



- PATENTBD JAN. 1, 1907; W. s. s. RODGERS.

WRINGER SUPPORT FOR WASHING MACHINES.

APPLIoATIoN PILE-11 11u11, 1905.

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'Welness-SUPPORT lsaeagriei.` i

- Application filed May Specification of Letters Patent.

11,1905. Seria1No.259,S55.

FOR WASHING-MACHINES.

Patented aan. 1, 190'?.

To' a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAMS. S; RoD- i GERS, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful-:Im rovements in Wringer-Supng-Machines, of which t v1e ollowing is-a specification.

My 'invention relates to a new and useful improvement in wrin'ger-supports for washing-machines.

The object 4of .the invention is rtoprovide a suitable support whereby the wringer may be swung nd held over the tub of the washing-machine and also whereby the wringer may be readily swung away from the tub.

Another feature resides in the construction of the support whereby it .may be mounted on a stand between the tub of the washing-machine and the rinsingtub so as' to be swung over either,

Finally, the object ofthe invention is to provide a device of the character described that will be strongdurable, and efficient, simple and comparatively ineX ensive to make, and one in which the severaiiparts will not be liable to get out of working order.

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transverse vertical the line y y of Fig. 1.

With the above and other objects in viewy the invention consists of the novel details of construction and operation, a referable embodiment of which is describe in the specilication and illustrated in lthe accompanying drawings, wherein-d Figure 1 is a side elevation. of a washing-V machine and its stand, showing the rinsingtub in dotted lines and illustrating my improvedwringer-support arranged on -the 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken on the line w sa of Fig. l1, showing the wrin'cr-support and washingmachine tub in e evation; and lFig.3 is a sectional view taken on In the drawings the numeral 1 designates a suitable washing-machine stand, on which is arrangedl a suitable washing-machine tub The stand comprises at its centralportion vertical legs 3, which support on then' outOer s. n these pins 4 are pivotally supported the side bars 5 of the wringer-sup ort.l These side bars are 'preferably former? of *angle-iron, as A illustrated in Fi s. 2 and 3 and extend at an angle to plate-li (e portions 6, through which the pivot-pins 4 (pass. 4Short sto -pieces ,7' extend downwar ly at right ang es to the plate portions 6, and segmental flat guide- `pieces 8 extend vfrom the lower ends of the stop-pieces 7 upwardlyto theside bars 5 of the wringer-su'pports, the said pieces 8 eX- tending in the arcs of circles having their centers in the pins 4. On the sides of the stand 1 guide-loops 9 are secured so -that the segmental pieces 8 will swing Set-screws 10, threaded throughthe side's of the guide-loops 9, im inge the-pieces 8 and when tightened will ook the same in place. In this-manner the wringer-su rigidlylfastened in' position.

t their upper ends the Vside bars 5 are bent .slightly uptherethrough.

port may be.

wardlyvand support a` wringerfboard or restV 11, as clearly shown in-Fig. 2. This wringerrest 11 is arranged at such a point as to freely clear the edge ofthe tubjwhen the side bars are swung and when the side bars are swung toward the tub 2 to rest on the tub, thus beingrigidly supported. The `usual wringer 12 ,is mounted on the rest 1'1, and it will be a parent by observing Fig. 1 that when the rest is swung over the tub the wringer will be supported some distance inward from the outer edge ofthe tub thus causing the water wrung from the washing to drip back into the tub, thus keeping the stand and the suri rounding floor in a comiaratively dry state. The stop-pieces v7,'like t ie side bars 5, being composedof angle-iron, will impinge the central legs the tub 2, and thus limit the movement of the same, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

3 when'the support 1s swung over v rinsingtubv 14' mounted on the stand to'the of the central legs 3 end,"as at ,15, ,sol as to ort to be swungfto the left to bring Ithe wrmger-rest llover the rinsing-tub, the said inclined portions 15 also acting as stops against which the anglebars 5 abut.v l

It is .apparentlV that thcvsupport may be swung to either' side and securely locked in position by the set-screws 10 and also that it may be locked in any intermediatefposi'- tion between thepositions shown in Fig.,1, as when it is not 1n use it may be desirable to have the wringer-supportstand between vthe tubs, so as not to interfere with either of the same. l.

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I wishl it understood that the more essen@ 'tial feature of my invention is the arrangement and construction of the wringer support and rest, whereby the wringer may ilo 90 In Fig; 1 I have indicated in dotted lines a away from the tuband locked in position.

y leces projecting downwzir l ars and adapted to engage the stand, guide- ,I5

" -plleces to the side bars, and means ypieces for fastening the wrmger-support int swung over the tub, so as'to cause the water wringer-support pivotally mounted on the drip ing from the wringer to be entirely stand, the said support com rising Side ber` caug t in the tub, also the provision whereby ,l and stop-pieces comprising literally-extend# the Wringei may be readily swung to and l ing portions, 2Ll Wringer-rest carried by the [side bars at their upper ends, segmental Having now fully described my invention, l pieces extending from the side bars to the what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Petent,`is` v 1. The combination with a stand, oie wrin er-support pivotally mounted on the swinging movement fof .the support, and stan .comprising side bars carrying a', means carried by the stand and engaging v'wringer-rest et their up )er endsJ stopwith the segmentalpieces for fastening vthe diy from the said wringer-support imposition.

In testimony whereof I aiix in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM. s. s. RoDGERs.

. Witnesses:

A. L. PHELPS, M. B. SCHLEY.

tions of said side bars andstop-pieces adaptmy signature pieces extending upwardly from the stop-` mounted on the stand and associated with the guidef2. The combinttion with ni stand., of a stop-pieces, the said laterally-extending pored to contact with the stand to limit the. 

